JAWAHAR LAL vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 21.07.2024 Pronounced on : 25.07.2025 CRL.A. 655/2022 JAWAHAR LAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Amit Chadha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Pranav Gupta, Mr. Mohd. Arif, Mr.Saarthak Sethi and Mr.Harjas Singh, Advocates versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shubhi Gupta, APP for State with WSI Reena, PS Dwarka North Ms.Sunita Arora, Advocate (DHCLSC) with mother of victim CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been instituted against the judgement of conviction dated 29.07.2022 and order on sentence dated 20.10.2022 passed by Additional Sessions Judge-01 (POCSO) South West, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi in the case arising out of FIR No. 409/2018 registered under Sections 4 POCSO Act and 354D/376/506 I.P.C. at Dwarka North, Delhi. Vide the impugned judgement, the appellant was convicted for the offences under Section 12 POCSO Act and in the alternative under section 354D IPC and under Sections 6 r/w Section 5 (I) of POCSO Act & 376 (2) (n) IPC and under Section 506 IPC. He was sentenced to 10 years of R.I. 2. The facts, in a nutshell, are that the child victim in her complaint dated 17.11.2018 accu